The scale of modern GPU computation is so incomprehensible that I regularly find that even experts underestimate it. A 4090 can do ~150 THOUSAND fp32 ops per pixel per frame at 4k 60 Hz, and can load kilobytes for every single pixel from VRAM (and more from on-die SRAM).

@ptrschmdtnlsn The challenge now is to find ways of meaningfully using all this computing power. Eye candy for games that are too complicated to play seems like a waste..been looking at high end gaming systems lately what can you do with them apart from gaming??.

@R_continuum @ptrschmdtnlsn There’s loads of ways computing power is used. Like simulations and renders and machine learning. Some software companies have a full building full of computers for just building projects the hole goes much deeper than games but any gaming rig you look at it created to play games